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Monday, November 9, 2015 Oregon State University

Beating the ducks: it’s in our blood

Contributed by Rebecca Gibbon

Students donate blood during the 2014 Civil War Blood Drive.

Civil War Blood Drive begins today, donors vote for their school

By Jessie Shirley News Contributor

For fourteen years, long-term rivals Oregon State University and University of Oregon have come together to compete and save lives.

The alumni associations from both schools along with Lane Blood Center and American Red cross have once again organized the Civil War Blood Drive.

The drive is a competition to see which school can gain the most votes from donors. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 22, at any participating blood drive location throughout the state of Oregon, donors are invited to fill out a ballot and cast it toward the school of their choice. At the end of the drive the school with the most votes receives the coveted Civil War Blood Drive Trophy.

“[The drive] represents a great way for long term rivals to unite each year and do something wonderful for Oregonians,” said Christi Kasten, senior associate executive director of the OSU Alumni Association.

OSU currently holds the trophy after winning the Civil War Blood Drive of 2014, but that doesn’t stop those coordinating the donations from working hard to hold onto the title, as well as improve on past participant numbers.

“We are hoping for around 1,000 donors this year” said Rebecca Gibbon, president of the Blood Drive Association for OSU. The Civil War drive adds an extra incentive to donate blood this year, as participants are invited to enter their name into a raffle for a chance to win two civil war game tickets. The raffle winner will be

chosen after the drive ends.

Not all students feel like they need the extra motivation. “(Donating blood) only takes about an hour and is of no cost to me. I can, so I will” said Griffin Runyon, senior exercise and sport science major and longtime blood donor. “It’s free to me and really helpful for others.”

Runyon said he has been donating blood for almost as long as he has been eligible to and hopes that others recognize the importance of donating.

“I needed [blood] once and the experience made me want to donate even more,” he said.

Blood can only be stored for so long and the stock must keep being replen-

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SIFC election begins, polls open until Thursday ASOSU to fill incidental fee committee, students can cast votes online Riley Youngman News Contributor

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The elections opened on Sunday Nov. 9 and will fill the empty chairs on the SIFC.

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An emergency election to fill the Student Incidental Fees Committee will be held Nov. 8 through Nov. 12.

Legislation to amend the Associated Students of Oregon State University Constitution and allow for the SIFC members to be appointed rather than elected failed in the ASOSU House of Representatives this fall which prompted the emergency election.

The ASOSU statutes dictate that all SIFC members be elected at large to their positions, but several factors led to the process being overlooked spring term of last year.

The current SIFC members were appointed

by ASOSU President Cassie Huber after ASOSU failed to hold elections last spring.

The SIFC is responsible for budgeting student fees and distributing funds among the

Student fee budgeting really starts rolling at the end of fall term, so it’s good to have those people in place.

Rachel Grisham ASOSU Executive Director of Operations various student entities on campus. Each year the committee deals with upwards of $40 million.

As outlined in the SIFC special election packet, those elected will be responsible attending weekly meetings, be familiar with SIFC guidelines, review all budget and fees requests and recommendations, establish guidelines and a calendar for budgeting

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Dads weekend comedians open up on comedy Stars Dan Cummins, Myq Kaplan share their experiences

By Riley Youngman News Contributor

Sitting backstage at the LaSells Stewart Center on a rainy Friday evening, professional comedians Dan Cummins and Myq Kaplan opened up on the artistic process of standup, life and comedy between sets at the 2015 Dads Weekend Comedy Show Nov. 6.

Riley Youngman: Why have you devoted your life to comedy?

Dan Cummins: I just wanted to be creative in some sense. I had a little band in college, I enjoyed that. I realized that it was fun to create something.

I did open mic on a whim and loved the simplicity of it. There is no collaboration, you don’t mess around with equipment, it’s just your mind, and then the audience gets to judge — I just like the artistic process of standup.

Myq Kaplan: I didn’t even know comedy was a thing. I got into comedy via music; I was playing music at a comedy club because I had funny songs. Talking in between them was as enjoyable, which I would call “riffing” now, but at the time I was calling “talking until they stopped laughing,” and I would start the next song. I was just trying to stretch out how much time I could go without the guitar. Ultimately, “why not comedy” is the answer to your question. Comedy is fun and good, laughing is what people enjoy. It’s good for making people laugh. RY: Dan, you

graduated with a degree in psychology from Gonzaga correct?

DC: I did. I did it for a little bit, I counseled at a center that people usually counsel at when they are going to grad school to get further along in counseling, but I realized I had my own anger issues and “low tolerance.” I was known less for being a good counselor and more for doing funny drawings of the people that came for counseling.

Myq: Hey don’t get a big head, like in this picture.

DC: I started working at that place, then I worked at a gym as a trainer, then on a whim I did the open mic. I did well enough to want to go back.

RY: Myq, what was your “epiphany” moment, when did you realize this was now your life?

MK: I guess it was when I had been doing comedy about four years and I was like, “I guess I’ll do comedy.” I really didn’t know it was a thing until I was doing it. I was also a psych major and a philosophy major.

DC: We’re the same person!

MK: Music was kind of like college where “this is my dream where I’ll never get in, but I’ll apply anyway,” and this is the thing that I don’t want to do but I’ll definitely get in. Being a singer/songwriter was my seemingly unobtainable goal, but honestly I never figured out how to get into the music scene in Boston where I lived. I went to a couple music open mics, but I found comedy open mics a lot more (often).

Comedy is what I’m married to career wise, but it’s an open marriage. There is almost never a “This is it!” moment,

SIFC

Comedy is what I’m married to career wise, but it’s an open marriage.

Myq Kaplan Comedian it’s all gradual.

RY: Dan, do you take on writing jobs for shows or sitcoms?

DC: I’ve written a couple of sitcom episodes for a buddy earlier this year.

I have worked on a lot of reality shows, which is weird because I’m not a fan of reality television. But it’s like, even though I wanted to get into one thing, this other thing presented it to me. You get this interesting dynamic where, “Is this my dream job?” No. I never would have expected that job at all, but it lets me be creative, and pays, and lets me do what I love.

RY: If one is looking to break into comedy, what is some advice you could give them?

DC: You just have to do it. Find somewhere with an amateur night and get the details of what you can do to get up there. You also have to prepare, have some kind of plan. You can’t just go up there and be funny. The last thing I would say is to not put too much pressure on yourself — you’re not supposed

Grisham took on this role after Lyndi-Rae Petty, ASOSU vice president and former elections committee chair and chief elections Continued from page 1 officer was given the responsibility of carryboards and will hold office until June 1, 2016. ing out the President’s duties after Huber’s Rachel Grisham, a senior in Public Health, is the ASOSU executive director of operations impeachment a week ago.

“I worked with the general election last and the newly appointed elections committee spring. I was the Vice-Chair of Elections then. chair and chief elections officer.

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It is nice having that experience,” Grisham said, citing her previous work with ASOSU elections as a positive aspect to her sudden role.

Because the election is happening so late in the term, candidates are left with very little time for campaigning compared to previous election schedules.

“Student fee budgeting really starts rolling at the end of fall term, so it’s good to have those people in place,” Grisham said. “The sooner this gets done, the more time the SIFC will have to get trained and determine deadlines and guidelines and templates for this upcoming student fee setting process.”

According to Drew Desilet, the ASOSU student advocate, the SIFC election will incorporate new rules and regulations that have not been seen in recent elections.

“This election is special in that it is a zero dollar election,” said Desilet.

He explained that unlike previous elections, candidates are not allowed to spend any money on their campaign.

In addition to this rule, which is aimed to

bring each candidate to a level playing field, the elections committee has promised each candidate 50 black and white posters that will be printed through ASOSU. The committee has also decided not to run pictures with the candidates’ names online.

“We won’t be holding a debate because of time, unfortunately,” Grisham said.

Grisham then explained that most campaigning will be done over social media this year, and the goal of this campaign cycle was to make the election as equitable as possible for each candidate.

Seventeen students have filed for candidacy, with fifteen spots to be filled.

The official list of candidates and their platforms can be found on the ASOSU website.

Campaigning began on Nov. 4 and will run until the conclusion of the election. To vote, students will have to go to the official ASOSU website and vote online. Polls open Sunday, Nov. 8 at 9 p.m. and will close 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12. baro.news@oregonstate.edu

Tod ay ’s C r o s s w o r d P u z zl e Across

1 Not at all flexible 6 Long and lean

10 Declare openly 14 Easily tipped boat 15 “__ further reflection ...”

16 Building toy with theme parks 17 Western crooner Gene 18 Sanctuary recess

19 Overly compliant 20 Compressed video file format 21 Close to defeat 23 The brown one is Louisiana’s state bird 25 Mae West’s “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted” is one 26 Sonoma Valley vessel 27 Start of an envelope address 32 “Cool duds!”

36 Covert org. in “Argo” 37 Dashing style 38 Granola grain 39 Citrus drink used by NASA 40 Obstinate critter 41 Use one’s influence 45 Where soldiers go?

47 Swat 48 Manning of the Giants 49 “Storage Wars” sales event 53 Membranes that vibrate 58 Napoleon’s exile isle 59 Biz bigwig 60 Mishmash 61 French-__ potatoes 62 No-frills shelter 63 Speak abrasively 64 Apartment rental agreement 65 Former trans-Atl. fliers 66 Kremlin rejection 67 Milk dispenser

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1 Mischief-maker 2 Brownish gray 3 Info from a spy drone 4 Pardoned 5 “Saturday Night Live” alumna Tina 6 Blonde comic strip teenager 7 Date bk. entry 8 Quick bite 9 Skateboarder’s protective gear 10 Energy bar nut 11 Show for which Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won four consecutive acting Emmys 12 S-shaped molding 13 Bowl-shaped pans 21 Sworn statement 22 Makes tracks 24 Jazz aficionado 27 Breakfast and dinner 28 “Darn it!”

29 Shoe brand Thom __ 30 Line around a tub 31 Droops 32 “Hud” Oscar winner Patricia 33 “Casablanca” heroine 34 Play list 35 Play part 39 Giggled nervously 41 Medicinal dose

42 Mythical horse with a horn 43 In the manner indicated 44 Rocker Ocasek 46 Punches back, say 49 Bring home from the shelter 50 Homeric epic 51 Like Santa Claus 52 “Unsafe at Any Speed” author Ralph 53 November parade participants 54 Clumsy oafs 55 Lincoln’s coin 56 Big name in skin care 57 Get to one’s feet 61 Winter illness

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Elite colleges look to support first-generation students

By Arianna Skibell The Hechinger Report

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Audrey OlmosGovea sat in her first sociology class at Smith College and couldn’t believe what she had just heard. As she remembers it, a guest lecturer turned to the class and said: “You understand, you’ve all been to Europe, right?”

Olmos-Govea watched most of her classmates nod in agreement, and at that moment experienced the culture shock she’d been warned about. The Pomona, Calif., native had flown only once, for a college-sponsored tour. Europe was out of the question in her home; she is the first in her family to attend college, and the $15,000 a year her mother earns working as a balloon artist is the family’s sole income.

Her hand shot up in the air. “I haven’t been to Europe,” she said. “My family didn’t take vacations. I worked every summer.”

The lecturer turned beet red and apologized. Olmos-Govea felt embarrassed. “I thought, what have I done?” she recalled recently. “I’ve just isolated myself in this small group of people. But after the fact, I knew it was the right thing to do.”

By the time she arrived on the idyllic New England campus with just two suitcases and a backpack (her roommate’s belongings required two cars), Olmos-Govea, who is Mexican-American, already had overcome tremendous odds that set her apart from the majority of first-generation students, who are more likely to be found at community colleges. Now a junior, she came from a town where 38 percent of residents over 25 did not graduate high school; the majority don’t speak English at home. A mentor encouraged her to apply to Smith, a top private allwomen college with a combined annual cost of $63,950, not including books. A generous financial aid and scholarship package made it possible.

In recent years, though, a growing number

of costly, selective four-year institutions are trying to help high-achieving first-generation students such as Olmos-Govea survive and thrive. Nationally, just 31.6 percent of firstgeneration low-income students (and 47.8 percent of low-income non-first-generation students) who enroll in a four-year college will graduate within six years, according to the most recent data from the Pell Institute.

Those in the bottom income quartile, like Olmos-Govea, have only a 9 percent chance of graduating by age 24.

At Smith, where 19 percent of this year’s freshmen are first-generation students, efforts include a designated orientation program that encourages them to connect and learn about campus resources before classes begin.

Many of these colleges — among them Amherst, Hamilton and Franklin & Marshall, and some large public universities — are recognizing the array of challenges that keep first-generation students from graduating. In addition to financial strain, such students may be less prepared for the demanding course loads, have difficulty navigating the complicated college system and be afraid of asking for help.

“Last year I was talking to a student who was homesick. I started talking to her like I would any other homesick student,” said Marge Litchford, assistant dean of students at Smith and founder of their first-generation orientation program. “But then I realized she wasn’t going to see her parents for the whole year because she couldn’t afford to fly home.

And they couldn’t fly to visit her because they were undocumented.”

Over Labor Day weekend in Northampton, about 12 new Smithies sat in a circle inside a small green house, listening to Smith President Kathleen McCartney recount her own experiences as the first in her family to go to college. McCartney said her guidance counselor declined to write her a letter for Dartmouth, instead encouraging her to

Our democracy is stronger if more of our leaders have experienced firsthand the struggles that come with having grown up in a family where the parents haven’t gone to college.

Richard Kahlenberg Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation apply to local state colleges. Because Tufts University was around the corner, McCartney applied and was accepted.

She described the struggle of living at home and working part time while taking classes.

After her talk, one student asked whether the group could take a photo with the president.

“I could tweet it out,” McCartney said to enthusiastic agreement. “What should it say?”

Students volunteered suggestions, and they decided on: “Hanging with my people @smithcollege FirstGenSmithies” Angel Perez, vice president of enrollment and student success at Trinity College in Connecticut, said he sees more support and acceptance for first-generation students now than when he graduated from Skidmore in 1998.

“When I went to college I don’t know that I would have broadcast that I was a firstgeneration college student, or even fully understood what that meant,” said Perez, who grew up in the South Bronx. “I’m just so shocked that students are willing to talk

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Gibbon stressed the importance of the drive as it falls right before the winter and holiday season when blood is in a greater demand.

“This time of year is a great chance to reach out to new students who may never have donated,” Gibbon said.

According to Runyon, the staff and volunteers’ comforting and efficient way of conducting the drive make each donation experience a pleasant one.

“They are always so knowledgeable and helpful,” Runyon said. “If I or others are

confused or bored during the donation time, there is always someone nearby to help.”

Gibbon said that the drive often generates more community involvement, not only because it plays on the long term rivalry between the two schools, but also because the donation locations are not exclusive to either campus.

“There are donation locations all over Oregon,” Gibbon said. “This is the largest blood drive in the Pacific Northwest.”

The OSU campus blood drives will be held in the Memorial Union Ballroom on Nov. 9 through Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The winning school will be announced during the Civil War Game.

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about it so freely.”

Smith’s Angela Lool, a chemistry major from Los Angeles, said there are still difficult situations that unfold “behind the scenes” that she keeps to herself. For example, her parents don’t speak English, so it’s up to her to complete all financial aid forms every year.

“My parents see that I get frustrated and then my mom starts crying and she says, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t.’ And then my dad tries to calm me down. Sometimes it ends bad because we just start yelling at each other,” Lool said.

“I know it’s hard for them because they can’t understand. We get through it, but it’s hard.”

Overall, first-generation students are hardly well represented at competitive four-year institutions. A University of Michigan study found that when looking at the bottom half of income earners, only 14 percent of their children attend the most selective colleges.

A mere 5 percent of those from the lowest income quartile attend elite schools. There are exceptions: In California, nearly half of freshmen in the UC system this fall are among the first in their family to earn a degree, University of California data show.

Some small private colleges that are making an effort to recruit and retain firstgeneration students are reporting some success. Franklin & Marshall, where some 17 percent of this year’s freshmen class are first-generation students, expects 87 percent will graduate within six years — the same as the general population. At Amherst College, 17 percent of this year’s freshmen class is first generation and 94 percent are expected to graduate within six years — not far from the 96 percent rate overall.

Some of the efforts come at a time of increased attention to first-generation students, from federal and state policymakers, foundations and President Barack Obama’s push, along with first lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher initiative and the “I’m First”

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Beavers come up short against Cardinal

New formation brings better play, but Oregon State still falls to Stanford in straight sets

By Michael Kiever Sports Contributor

Despite a strong start, the Oregon State Women’s volleyball team lost to No. 7 Stanford on Sunday afternoon, losing in a three-set match.

Oregon State let an early six-point lead slip from their fingers to drop the first set 25-23. Stanford called two timeouts after allowing a pair of 3-0 OSU runs. They tightened up their play and fought from behind to take the set.

“In that first set, there was a sequence where we didn’t get the ball over the net three times in a row,” said head coach Terry Liskevych. “It was a three-point swing there, and that’s really what cost us.”

In the second set, Stanford and OSU fought back and forth with neither team gaining separation until the Cardinal went on a 4-0 run that gave them an 18-14 lead. OSU called a timeout and made their own fight from behind, tying the score at 19-19. However, the Beavers were unable to sustain the run and lost the second set 25-21.

“Once they’re on fire, and once they get into system, it’s hard to stop those middles,” said redshirt junior outside hitter Katelyn Driscoll, who ended the game with a team-high 11 kills on .320 hitting percentage. “I think we did really well towards the end of the third set. We struggled passing a little bit, but I think our intensity was really good.”

The third set started similarly, with Stanford and OSU going back and forth until it was tied 4-4. After that, Stanford seized the momentum and took a 7-4 lead. They would not relinquish it from that point on, completing the three match sweep of the Beavers. OSU, who snapped their six game losing streak in a 3-0 win on Friday against Cal, fought Stanford hard but made too many errors.

“We had lots of errors against Cal too, but against Stanford, it’s another deal. If we give them a free ball, they will kill the ball,” said junior outside hitter Lila Toner, who paced the team with nine kills and five digs. “We could do that against Cal and win the game, but we can’t do that with Stanford.”

Stanford was fueled by pair of strong performances from freshman outside hitter Hayley Hodson and redshirt sophomore outside hitter Merete Lutz. Hodson and Lutz both had 12 kills apiece on a combined 0.453 hitting percentage.

“Hodson, she hits from right side, and she hits a lot of angle shots which we couldn’t defend,” Toner said. “I think that’s why she had so many kills, she hit an angle and we couldn’t adjust to that. For Lutz, she’s tall, but she’s also fast too.”

The Beavers unveiled their new “6-2” system this weekend,

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Sophomore outside hitter Mary-Kate Marshall and junior middle blocker Jessi Seumalo go for the block against Stanford on Oct. 8. The Beavers fell to the Cardinal in three sets. which has the looks of being a new mainstay for OSU. The system allows the team to use substitution to put in the most effective lineup possible at all times and has yielded positive results so far.

“This new ‘6-2’ system is really good, I think we have all adjusted really well,” Driscoll said. “We have only practiced it for a couple days, and we have already matched up a lot of the hitters and setters who are more comfortable together and

have a better connection.”

Toner has already begun to see the “6-2” system paying off.

“It’s good because the hitter can hit the ball to the setter they like. I like to hit with McKenna (Hollingsworth), so she sets to me. Haley likes to hit with Dana, so Dana sets to her,” Toner said.

“It’s good because we have good sets like we wanted to hit. You can see what happened, we just played better this weekend.”

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Women’s soccer season ends with Civil War loss

Two late goals sink Beavers on senior day

By Garrett Martin Sports Contributor

The Oregon State women’s soccer team played their final game of the 2015-16 season at home Friday against their rival Oregon in this year’s Civil War matchup.

The Beavers (6-10-3, 2-9 Pac-12) were able to get on the board midway through the first half, however the Ducks (6-13, 3-8 Pac-12) scored a pair of goals in the final ten minutes of the game to give them a 2-1 victory.

Friday’s defeat was Oregon State’s first Civil War loss in Corvallis since 2003.

“As the game went on, we

kind of pinned ourselves in a little bit,” said head coach Linus Rhode. “We couldn’t turn their line as much as we wanted to. Eventually, that caught up to us.”

Sophomore midfielder Kayla Latham scored the Beaver’s only goal – a header from 6 yards out in the 29th minute.

“To get the goal was great but I wish the outcome was different,” Latham said. “We really fought for it and played our hardest. It’s a sad one to be over.”

The Beavers bounced back from last year’s winless season and put together a much improved 2015 campaign.

“We made a lot of strides this year and we have to continue to build,” Rhode said. “It was kind of an up

and down season, I think we grew from that.”

Oregon State started the year out strong, going 4-0-2 in their first six games, but struggled in Pac-12 games losing nine out of 11.

Despite the nine league losses, coach Rhode is encouraged of how his team competed against the division.

“The Pac-12 games were really close, (but) we’ve got to figure out what that next step is,” he said.

The team will take some much needed time off before getting back together for offseason training.

Latham already has her eyes set toward next season.

“I’m just looking forward,” Latham said. “We’re going to

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(Top) The Beavers celebrate after a goal from sophomore midfielder Kayla Latham. (Bottom) Junior midfielder Annie Govig reacts after Oregon takes the lead with a goal in the 85th minute of the Ducks 2-1 victory on Nov. 6.

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UCLA wide receiver Thomas Duarte catches one of his two second quarter touchdowns. The Bruins would go on to win 41-0 at Reser Stadium on Nov. 7.

By Josh Worden Senior Sports Reporter

UCLA dealt Oregon State its sixth consecutive loss Saturday with a 41-0 rout in Reser Stadium. It was the first UCLA road shutout since 1987 and the first OSU home shutout since 1997 to USC. In 1997, the Beavers had three wins, the second of which was against San Jose State; the 2015 team has two wins, most recently versus SJSU. • The Beavers have been outscored 41-0 in third quarters in Pac-12 games. The most recent OSU score in a third period came against San Jose State on Sept. 19, in which the Beavers outscored the Spartans 21-0 in the third quarter.

• Through six games and 360 minutes of OSU’s Pac-12 play, the Beavers have held a lead for 14:50, 4.1 percent of the time, all coming in the Colorado game.

• OSU and UCLA tight ends have combined for 44 receiving

yards this year, an average of 2.4 yards per game. No Bruin tight end has a catch, while OSU ended a four game streak without a tight end having positive receiving yards. Freshman Noah Togiai finished the game with three catches Saturday for 18 yards.

• No OSU cornerback has an interception this year. The Beavers have seven picks, all by linebackers or safeties.

Freshman linebacker Jonathan Willis has recorded 19 tackles in the last two games; he averaged 3.0 tackles in the first seven games. Junior cornerback Kendall Hill has 14 tackles over the last two games while having eight total stops through the first seven contests.

• The last two weeks, OSU has held the opponent’s leading running back to three yards or less on 44 percent of their carries — 12 of 25 times against Utah’s Devontae Booker and nine of 23 times versus UCLA’s Paul Perkins. The Utes and Bruins still racked up plenty of rushing yardage, however, totaling a combined 458 yards on the ground and five touchdowns.

Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Villamin had just 12 receiving yards on two catches Saturday, this is the first time he has had fewer than 45 yards in a home game this year. He had been averaging 84.3 yards per home game and 59.2 yards overall.

• Freshman quarterback Nick Mitchell’s first quarter fumble on Saturday ended a four game streak without any lost fumbles for OSU. • Of Mitchell’s first nine passes, the freshman completed three to OSU players and two to Bruins. He ended with three picks.

• After completing 10 of 24 passes Saturday, OSU has a 48.5 percent completion rate; opponents are at 66.2 percent.

• Freshman wideout Daytrin Guyton had no catches Saturday after posting career bests of 56 and 55 yards in the previous two weeks.

• Despite missing the last two games with a knee injury, freshman quarterback Seth Collins leads the Beavers with 536 rushing yards. Senior tailback Storm Barrs-Woods is next with 373 yards. Collins has five of OSU’s nine rushing touchdowns, and he has the Beavers’ longest carry at 42 yards.

• Barrs-Woods is averaging 2.9 yards per rush in first quarters this year and 5.5 yards per carry in every other period.

• The Beavers are now 2-for-14 this year on fourth down conversions after having one failed fourth down against the Bruins.

OSU had been allowing 206 passing yards per game before UCLA totaled 390 yards through the air with two touchdowns and no picks. UCLA also had 33 first downs to OSU’s 12.

Former OSU head coach Mike Riley, now at Nebraska, has two consecutive years winning a home game against the No. 6 team in the nation, according to either the AP Poll or the College Football Playoff Rankings. Riley led the Cornhuskers to a victory over No. 6 Michigan State this week with and defeating No. 6 Arizona State last year with the Beavers.

And for the completely arbitrary stat of the day: in two consecutive home games, OSU’s opponent’s second-string running back wore the No. 1, was a freshman and was from Texas — Colorado’s Patrick Carr from The Woodlands, Tex. and UCLA’s Soso Jamabo from Plano, Tex. On Twitter @BrightTies

Beavers take one of two in Southern Cal Pair of goals from Jordan Jones lifts the Beavers past Aztecs The Daily Barometer

The Oregon State men’s soccer team split a pair of road games in southern California against No. 19 UCLA and San Diego State over the weekend in Southern California.

The Beavers (8-8-1, 3-5-1 Pac-12) could not contain the Bruin (9-7-1, 3-4-1) offense, surrendering four goals in their 4-1 defeat on Friday. They concluded the weekend with 3-1 victory

against the Aztecs (7-7-3, 1-6-1).

The Beavers found themselves down early when the Bruins netted a goal in the 27th minute.

After being held out for the remainder of the first half, UCLA followed up with a pair of goals in the 52nd and 56th minutes to take a commanding 3-0 lead. Sophomore forward Jordan Jones got the Beavers on the board with his score in the 85th minute– the lone goal of the game. But, UCLA sealed the 4-1 victory with a goal in the 88th minute.

Jones scored twice more in the match with San Diego State to push his team lead to nine goals. Jones got

the breakthrough goal in the 13th minute off a cross from freshman forward Don Tchilao. Jones followed up again with another score before the break.

San Diego State cut the advantage to 2-1 early in the second half. But, with five minutes to play, Tchilao found himself on the receiving end off a feed from Jones, and found the net from 10-yards out – the first goal of his collegiate career.

The Beavers conclude the regular season against Washington at Paul Lorenz Field on Thursday.

On Twitter @barosports

Athlete of the Week Jordan Jones

Over the weekend the Oregon State men’s soccer team got a much needed result with a 3-1 victory against San Diego State on the road.

Sophomore forward Jordan Jones was in top form in that game, scoring two first half goals to give the Beavers a 2-0 lead. Jones then assisted on the game clinching goal in the 84th minute.

In the Beavers 4-1 loss against UCLA on Friday, Jones scored the team’s lone gaol.

Jones’ performance brings his goal total to nine on the season, which leads the team.

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College

Continued from page 3 video she released in 2014 describing her own firstgeneration experience at Princeton.

All efforts matter, said Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation.

“I still think it’s important what small liberal arts colleges do to improve socioeconomic diversity, because our leadership class disproportionately comes from a fairly small set of selective fouryear colleges,” Kahlenberg said. “Our democracy is stronger if more of our leaders have experienced firsthand the struggles that come with having grown up in a family where the parents haven’t gone to college.”

At Smith, where the orientation program began five years ago, officials say graduation rates for first-generation students have been consistent over the past 10 years: 86 percent in four years.

Litchford said the program is aimed mostly at increasing their sense of belonging and empowerment, and Lool _ who took advantage of Smith’s first-generation orientation _ said that if the program weren’t there,

she’d probably be ashamed of revealing that her parents didn’t go to college.

“It made me feel like you’re not alone. It’s OK to be first generation,” she said. “When I talk to my parents or anyone back home about college, they’re really proud of me.

And when they feel proud of me, I feel proud of myself.”

Perez of Trinity wants students to know that it’s OK to ask for help. “Often students who are first generation become almost terrified because they feel like maybe everyone around them knows something that they don’t,” he said. Sometimes, he added, “the best support can sometimes come from students themselves.”

Olmos-Govea’s sister Emily, a freshman at Smith, learned this firsthand when she arrived on campus in September, without her parents. At the financial aid booth, a woman told Emily _ who like her sister is attending Smith with financial aid and scholarship help _ that she owed a balance of more than $2,000 for Smith’s health insurance, on top of a late fee.

“I saw Emily’s face fall and turn red when the woman accused us of not paying on time,” Olmos-Govea said. “It was nerve-wracking. It’s just as an example of how scary

this whole process can be for people like Emily and I who have no clue how to navigate this stuff.”

The sisters explained that they qualify for that fee to be waived, and they had submitted the paperwork a month before. The woman confirmed that Smith had made the error. But before Emily signed a document stating that all the paperwork was in order, Olmos-Govea asked the woman to write a note confirming they didn’t owe any money.

The discomfort OlmosGovea felt as a new student at Smith has been eclipsed by new-found confidence.

And Smith has learned lessons as well; spokeswoman Stacey Schmeidel said in a statement that she was glad Olmos-Govea spoke up honestly in her freshman year, and she hoped that it helped shape classroom discussion.

“Being here,” Olmos-Govea said, “has taught me how to handle myself in those situations. It hasn’t made me any less scared. But Smith has taught me to question. ...

It’s up to me to voice what I’m feeling, and advocate for myself. Because nobody else is going to do it.”

The Hechinger Report

Comedy

and explore standup with Spotify, Pandora, Netflix, YouTube. If you are reading this and Continued from page 2 don’t know much about standup, look up an album or a couple videos. Be yourself, unless to be great the first few times. you’re not someone who is funny, then be MK: The only advice to give anyone at any time at any place in the game is to write and someone better than yourself. perform. Find places to perform and do it.

MK: Your honor, my client is innocent! If The only way you learn is by doing. You can you like a show, look up who created that watch and observe but if you don’t practice show and see what else they have done and yourself you won’t get better. If you think of who they like. If they have a podcast, look to something funny, write it down. I carry a tape recorder. If I don’t write something down I see who they have had on that podcast and see what their stuff is like. Finally, do comedy might forget it later. that is different than everybody.

RY: Closing statements?

DC: It has never been easier to discover baro.news@oregonstate.edu

Sudoku Support your college radio station by tuning into 88.7 FM or streaming online at kbvr.com/listen LEVEL 1 2 3 4

Today’s Birthday (11/09/15).

Your team wins this year. Fiscal responsibility earns fat coffers.

Discover new love this springtime, as a prelude and support for a change or transition. Your crew comes through next autumn, followed by a shift in the game. Pull together for what you love.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Heed a call to action for something you feel passionate about.

Attend to finances over the next two days. Study money, and review resources. If communications break down, wait for later. Slow down and take it easy.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — There’s more work coming soon. It could get intense over the next few days. Concentrate on a new assignment and get help if you need it. Address a controversy with carefully documented facts. Choose private over public appearances.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk © 2015 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

Continued from page 4 keep working, because we are that close.”

As Oregon State’s season came to an end, so did the collegiate careers of seniors Gwen Bieck, Amanda Tewes and Melanie Trumbull. The trio was recognized before the match as a part of the pregame ceremonies.

Bieck, who spent all four years in a Beavers uniform, reflected on her career at Oregon State.

“It was great,” Bieck said. “I’m happy I came here and stayed with it all four years even though we had our ups and downs. I wouldn’t have gone anywhere else” On Twitter @ garrettmartin40

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — The next two days favor fun. Love blossoms with any encouragement at all. Gather information on the object of your desire. Do your chores before venturing out. Invite friends for game night, or go out to play.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Find creative ways to improve your home and your family’s comfort without great expense. A little paint goes a long way. Home cooking

MONDAY, Nov. 9: Meeting: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Death Cafe Corvallis Location: 2nd Street Beanery, 500 2nd St. Got thoughts about mortality?

Death Café Corvallis exists in order to listen and talk about death.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. OSU Healthy Aging Club Location: MU-SEC Plaza Come to MU/SEC Plaza @ our “Thank A Vet” table to sign thank you cards to veterans on historic occasion of OSU honoring Veteran’s Day.

TUESDAY, Nov. 10: Speaker: 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.

University Events Location: LaSells Stewart Center Provost’s Lecture Series.

Leadership Under Pressure: A Historian’s Close-up Look at Presidential Decision-Making.

Event: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Healthy Aging Club Location: MU-SEC Plaza Come to MU/SEC Plaza @ our “Thank A Vet” table to sign thank you cards to veterans on historic occasion of OSU honoring Veteran’s Day! Event: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Waste Watchers Location: The OSUsed Store (644 SW 13th Street) Fall Repair Fair – Get free repairs and learn D.I.Y. skills!

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11:

Help Wanted

Event: 5:30 p.m. Horticulture Club Location: ALS 4009 Join us for a wellness discussion and nursery owner speaks on opportunities in the field.

MID-VALLEY HEALTH CARE ADVOCATES, a Corvallis organization working for universal publicly funded health care in Oregon, needs a freelance social media contractor. Work from home; attend occasional meetings; responsible to Board. Jan 1 through September 30. $550/35-40 hours per month. Details: www.mvhca.org/social.

THURSDAY, Nov. 12: Discussion: 12:30p.m. - 1p.m. Baha’i Campus Association Location: Talisman Room, MU Informal discussion open to all on progressive spiritual revelation

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FRIDAY, Nov. 13:

Horoscope

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Consider all possibilities.

Share dreams and promises.

Develop strong partners today and tomorrow. Produce results with gusto. Choose staying home with a loved one over going out. Tidy up the place first. Enjoy time together.

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S PUZZLE

Calendar

Loss

saves over eating out. Simple fare and rooms soothe your spirit.

Nurture your garden.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Stop doing something that’s unprofitable. Words and images flow with ease for you today and tomorrow. Study and collect your research. Finish up a project.

Entertain suggestions and editorial comments. Let the flavors simmer for perfect seasoning.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Practice to increase your skills. Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Compute expenses and postpone purchases you can’t afford right now. Check carefully for plan changes. Intuition guides your work. Juggle a disruption to your schedule.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Abandon procrastination.

Use your power responsibly. Begin a two-day self-confident phase.

Be cautious with love and money.

Romance fizzles if left out in the rain.

Leave room in your schedule for flights of fantasy. Follow your heart.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Household issues take an abrupt turn. Concentrate

on cleaning up today and tomorrow.

Guard against breakage. Be sensitive to a loved one’s wishes.

Consider the consequences before acting. Follow your intuition. Let events take their own course.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Confer with allies for the next two days. Your friends are your inspiration. Committees are especially effective. Enjoy a party phase. Find what you need nearby. Social gatherings provide the perfect connection. Discover a new resource.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You may be tested for the next few days. A professional opportunity won’t wait. Defend your position gracefully. Focus and smile for the camera. Don’t waste money on gadgets you won’t use. Rest after the spotlight wanes.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Get adventurous. Conditions are better for travel over the next two days. New opportunities present themselves. Take care. Anticipate disagreement. Let your partner take the lead. Simplify matters as much as possible. Handle logistics early.

Beaver’s Digest

Meeting: 10a.m. - 12p.m. Student Organization Resources for Community Engagement (SORCE) Location: Memorial Union 215 SORCE is a funding mechanism on campus for recognized student organizations. Our Allocation Meeting is opened to the public on every Friday Event: 6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m. kidsthletics club Location: 324 SW 2nd St Corvallis Join us for an informative class on kids’ health. Exercise and immune support are vital for kids’ well-being. Come learn how to take charge of our kids’ health using dōTERRA essential oils and exercise! Please RSVP to Caylan (dōTERRA) at caylanwagar@gmail.com or, Kidsthletics at info@kidsthletics.com. FREE admission and Therapeutic Playdough.

Healthy snacks provided!

SATURDAY, Nov. 14: Event: 10:30 a.m. Chi Omega Location: Benton County Fairgrounds County Fairgrounds Color Me Chi O is a 5k color fun run, walk and roll that benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation!

Event: 7 p.m. — 9 p.m. Book Bin Bookstore Location: 215 SW 4th St. William Ritter, author of Jackaby will be at the book bin reading from his new book Beastly Bones.

MONDAY, Nov. 16

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Meeting: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Death Cafe Corvallis Location: 2nd Street Beanery, 500 2nd St. Got thoughts about mortality?

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Millions vote in Myanmar’s first free election since 1990

By Stuart Leavenworth McClatchy Washington Bureau

IRRAWADDY DELTA, Myanmar – Ever since this country’s military nullified the result of the 1990 general election and put the winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest, millions in Myanmar have waited for the day when they could put Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy in power.

That day may have arrived. Voters by the millions on Sunday flocked to polling stations, by foot, bus, taxi and bicycle in the cities, and in long-tail boats in the labyrinth of channels known as the Irrawaddy Delta.

Enthusiasm was high for the country’s first contested general election in a quarter century.

“I am very excited,” said May Thinzar Cho, a resident of Pandaing Village who was voting for the first time. “This is very important day for my country. I want to help bring about change.”

Final results of the election may not be known for several days, and the military could thwart the outcome. Still, there was a sense Sunday

that the voting was being carried out in a credible manner and would be honored by the current government.

“In the last election (2010), there was some manipulation,” said Tin Moe Khing, a resident of Toe Nayi village, an Irrawaddy town with about 2,000 people. “This time we hope it will be a fair vote.”

Myanmar’s path to democracy has been ill-starred since the man considered the nation’s founder, Aung San, was assassinated six months before the British granted what was then known as Burma its independence in 1948. The opportunity to overturn the 1990 arrest of his daughter, now known as “Mother Suu,” was a major factor for many of Sunday’s voters.

Daw Hywe Yi, a tailor in Toe Nayi, said her neighbors support Aung San Suu Kyi because she visited the village back in 1989, and also because she is Aung San’s daughter.

“Back in 2010, we voted for the lion,” said Daw Htwe Yi, referring to the symbol of the ruling party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party. “But not much has changed

since 2010, so this year we are voting for the star and peacock” – the symbol of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.

Toe Nayi village is about 30 miles west of Yangon, the capital. A small motorcycle track connects this village to the outside world, but nearly all basic provisions must be brought in by boat.

The villagers are poor, many living in thatched stilt houses and subsisting on fishing and farming. They have no household electricity, other than the car batteries that run their television sets. Recently, villagers said, the USDP helped bring solar panels to many households, allowing them to have electric lights for the first time.

Despite that largesse, few people could be found Sunday who supported “the lion.” Those who voted for the USDP in the 2010 general election said they had done so only because Suu Kyi’s party was not on the ballot,. USDP boycotted the election for being rigged.

Turnout was strong in Toe Nayi.

About 670 of 1,100 registered voters

cast ballots by noon, and Daw Zar Zar Than, a local elections official and school headmaster, said she expected a surge in the afternoon, when a rise in delta tides would make it easier for people from surrounding villages to boat over and cast ballots.

“People are really enthusiastic to vote, and I am happy to see that,” she said. “They know they have the chance to choose their next leader.”

There’s a possibility those hopes might be dashed. Under Myanmar’s Constitution, written by the former military junta, Suu Kyi can’t be chosen as president, since her two sons hold British passports.

And though she has said she will serve “above the president” if the NLD wins, her party would need to get 67 percent of the seats in Parliament to rule outright. If they get less, the ruling party of President Thein Sein might be able to cobble together a coalition to choose the next president, possibly Thein Sein himself.

In Yangon, an epicenter of support for Aung San Suu Kyi, lines stretched down a city block Sunday morning as people prepared to cast ballots

This is (a) very important day for my country.

I want to help bring about change.

May Thinzar Cho First-time voter in the city’s Dagon Township. Some showed up an hour before the polls opened at 6 a.m.

Yin Htwe, who works at a cafe in Yangon’s People’s Park, was bussed over to the polls by her employer, along with dozens of fellow employees. At 8:30, she could be seen standing ramrod straight in line, clutching her purse and smart phone, anxious to cast her ballot.

“I am very happy,” she said. “I finally have a chance to vote!”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Netanyahu expects As Myanmar votes, Muslim group suffers disenfranchisement,captivity more military aid

By Stuart Leavenworth McClatchy Foreign Staff

SITTWE, Myanmar – Myanmar’s leaders say Sunday’s election will be the nation’s most inclusive in decades.

Yet for the 1 million Rohingya Muslims who live in Rachine State, near Myanmar’s western border with Bangladesh, it’s not a free election. It’s not even an election.

Over the past three years, the homes of thousands of Rohingyas have been burned or confiscated in deadly clashes with Buddhists and security forces. Tens of thousands have been confined to crowded villages and camps for “internally displaced persons,” unable to leave and – in this election – prohibited from voting.

“We are treated like animals,” said Thein Maung, 45, one of several Rohingya refugees interviewed Friday at the Da Paing camp outside Sittwe, the capital of Rachine state.

Their living conditions are cramped, with families of 10 or more crowded into makeshift huts. Camp dwellers said they suffer from shortages of firewood, water and food, and are forced to bribe security guards to leave the camp for medical treatment.

“They say they are just keeping us here temporarily,” said Thein Maung. “But how can it be temporary if we have been here for three years, and we can never leave the camp?”

Although Myanmar has become a far more open society since its last general election in 2010, human rights groups say there is a growing humanitarian crisis in its ethnic regions, particularly Rachine State.

More than 140,000 Rohingyas are confined in camps such as Da Paing and nearby villages. This past year, thousands fled in open boats – some to their deaths – and others were exploited by human traffickers. Many more are expected to attempt the ocean crossing next year if their conditions do not approve.

Abu Seedik, a camp dweller, said he was living a peaceful life in a nearby village with his wife and 12 children when the sectarian violence exploded in 2012.

“They set fire to our house, and then the crowds and security forces surrounded our village,” he said. His youngest daughter, 8 months old, died in the flames, he said. Without food or shelter, his family moved to the Da Paing camp, where the family now lives in a small thatched hut.

The 2012 riots were reportedly sparked by the arrests of three Muslim men for the robbing, raping and murder of a Rachine Buddhist woman.

Rachine activists issued calls on the Internet for retaliation. That led to weeks of clashes between Buddhists and Rohingyas, prompting Presi-

How can it be temporary if we have been here for three years, and we can never leave the camp?

Thein Maung Rohingya refugee

dent Thein Sein to declare a state of emergency.

According to human rights organizations, the 2012 riots were preceded by decades of repressive policies against Rohingyas. In their view, the violence provided a pretext for the government to intensify those policies, including rounding up Rohingyas and confining them to certain areas.

Camp residents say their tent city was originally a squalid place, but has steadily improved, through communal action and charitable donations. Although ramshackle, the Da Paing camp looks cleaner than nearby Sittwe, where dogs pick through burning trash heaps on numerous side streets.

Even so, conditions are harsh in the camps, and relief groups are concerned about the health of tens of thousands of children. Few go to school, and some are clearly malnourished.

Originally from India and Bangladesh, the Rohingyas are thought to have come to Myanmar starting in the 19th century, but many lack documentation to prove it. In Rachine, government officials and many Burmese refuse to use the word Rohingya. They call the refugees Bengalis – illegal immigrants who should return to their home countries. The camps, officials say, are designed to provide refugees with “legal protection” until they leave.

In Myanmar’s 2010 general election, tens of thousands of Rohingyas were able to register and vote. But in February, the government of Thein Sein, a former military general, revoked identification documents for about 750,000 in Myanmar, many of whom are Rohingyas. The new policy effectively forces Rohingyas to either prove they have been living in Myanmar for 60 years, or face eventual deportation.

Rohingya activists blame these policies on a extreme strain of Buddhism practiced by nationalist groups. One of them is the Patriotic Association of Myanmar, or Ma Ba Tha. The group’s figurehead is Ashin Wirathu, a Burmese

Buddhist monk who has supported and encouraged Thein Seine’s plan to relocate Rohingyas to a third country.

By Joel Greenberg McClatchy Foreign Staff

“She’s won prizes for human rights,” said Abu Seedik, who manages local rice harvests for a living. “So maybe she will help us.”

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday is being billed as a fence-mending visit after their dispute over the Iran nuclear deal.

But with discussions expected to focus on enhanced military aid to Israel and Obama administration officials’ acknowledgment last week that they don’t expect a IsraeliPalestinian peace talks to resume during Obama’s presidency, analysts see the meeting as something of a victory lap for Netanyahu.

The appointment last week of Ran Baratz, a conservative academic who lives in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, as Netanyahu’s communications chief underscores that dynamic, said Yossi Alpher, an Israeli strategic analyst.

Baratz has suggested in Facebook postings that Obama was an anti-Semite and has derided Secretary of State John Kerry. On Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden lashed out at the appointment, saying there was no excuse for an official of the Israeli government for making such comments.

But Alpher said the appointment made a point. “Netanyahu brings to this visit a strong sense that he has bested Obama, and he can afford to take a very tough line,” he said.

A White House statement said that Obama is expected to discuss with Netanyahu “regional security issues” and “the need for the genuine advancement of a two-state solution.”

But with no resumption of peace talks expected, analysts here say Netanyahu is entering the meeting on favorable terms.

Robert Malley, Mideast coordinator at the National Security Council, said Thursday that the next steps toward peace talks are up to Netanyahu. “How does the prime minister himself see Israel going forward, given its own interests in stabilizing the situation and preventing the emergence of a one-state solution,” he said.

Before leaving Israel Sunday, Netanyahu said his talks in Washington will focus on maintaining “Israel’s comparative advantage in a changing Middle East,” as well as “stabilizing the situation” with the Palestinians after more than a month of surging violence.

Netanyahu is proposing a series of “confidence-building measures” to ease some restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank, steps that fall short of larger policy decisions like a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion that might help break the impasse in peace efforts.

The proposed steps include removing some checkpoints on West Bank roads and approving infrastructure projects and building plans for Palestinian communities in areas under Israeli control, according to Israeli media reports.

Nathan Thrall, a Jerusalem-based analyst for the International Crisis Group, said the point of those proposals is to head off the possibility that Obama might offer a peace initiative before leaving office.

“One of the ways to do that is to try and occupy the United States with less ambitious and smaller matters,” Thrall said.

“If he can succeed and get the administration to bite on his proposals, it will be a success for him.”

High on the meeting’s agenda will be Israeli weapons requests as part of a U.S. military aid package promised after the Iran deal. The United States already has pledged more funding for missile defense and delivery of F-35 fighter planes, but the Israelis are seeking additional offensive weapons as part of a new 10-year memorandum of understanding on defense aid.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

In an interview, a spokesman for Ma Ba Tha rejected claims his group is a source of the violence. He also disputed the attacks could credibly be called genocide, the word that some human rights groups are increasingly using.

“What I want to ask is, has anyone witnessed people doing this genocide?,” said U Kyaw Sein Win, project manager for Ma Ba Tha in Yangon. “Are there any witnesses to genocide against the Rohingya?”

The Ma Ba Tha spokesman also waved off concerns about the disenfranchisement of 750,000 people, many of whom are Rohingya.

“The Rohingya are guests,” he said.

“Nowhere in history can guests vote where they are not originally from.”

Rachine’s Muslims have advocates.

Numerous groups – including Human Rights Watch, Fortify Rights and Burma Campaign UK – have worked for years to highlight their plight. Yanghee Lee, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, recently sharpened her warnings about abuses against Rohingya, including their disenfranchisement.

Yet Myanmar’s leading politician, Aung San Suu Kyi – known affectionately nationwide as “Mother Suu” – has yet to publicly embrace Rohingya rights. Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy have been cautious in addressing treatment of Muslims, apparently fearing it could cost them votes. The NLD didn’t fielding any Muslim candidates this year, and it is unlikely one will be elected to the nation’s parliament.

At a news conference Thursday, Suu Kyi brushed off questions about Rohingyas being victims of genocide, urging the media not to “exaggerate the problems.”

When asked about Ma Ba Tha, she spoke out against “religion being used for political purposes” but did not criticize the group specifically.

Some of the Nobel laureate’s international allies have urged a stronger stance.

But in the Da Paing camp on Friday, it was hard to find any Rohingyas who would criticize Suu Kyi. It was also easy to find those who support her.

8 • THE DAILY BAROMETER • Monday, November 9, 2015

Iran’s doctrine of ‘Death to America’ may be losing its following

roy gutman | MCCLATCHY

(Left) Imam Hujjat-ul-Islam Kazam Seddiqi speaks at a pulpit emblazoned with the slogan “We will put America under our feet” and “We defeat the United States,” (Right) Friday Prayer at Tehran University in Iran is a weekly event that sees thousands of worshippers chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

The empty spaces show how much interest has fallen off on July 24, 2015.

By Roy Gutman

the 36th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, TEHRAN, Iran – At the main entry gate to the country’s unelected supreme leader, said Tehran University, worshippers at Iran’s most the use of the slogan “Death to the U.S.” was famous Muslim prayer service were lined up grounded in the Iranian constitution.

“The slogan means death to the policies of for a security check one Friday earlier this year when a true believer shouted a familiar slogan. the U.S. and arrogant powers, and this logic is “Everyone pray for the collapse of the crimi- accepted by every nation when explained in nal country, the USA,” said a gray-haired man clear terms,” he told an audience of students. in a white shirt as he stepped up to a small They responded with shouts of “Death to the U.S.,” Khamenei’s official website said. platform to be frisked.

But if this is a central fixture of Iran’s anti“Amen,” responded dozens of the mostly America dogma, it may have lost its appeal. middle-aged men.

The scene was surreal, even menacing, for a There were empty spaces between the rows foreign visitor. That is, until a policeman super- of worshippers at the Friday service a reporter visited, and only three women populated vising the checkpoint approached.

“We sincerely welcome you,” he told an the women’s section off to the side. The parAmerican visitor. How was one to interpret the ticipants seemed anything but enthusiastic, chant? he was asked. “That’s just politics,” he and the ritual denunciations seemed almost said. “The people of America are our friends.” mechanical.

As the service warmed up, staff in the media Welcome to the Friday prayer service, renowned in Iran and throughout the world gallery offered a headphone so that a foreign as a “bash America” event. Televised live every reporter could follow the sermon and denunweek, it is tightly organized. Buses to transport ciations in simultaneous translation. the congregants from all over the capital lined Even before the full service began, Imam a nearby street, and roadblocks surround the Hujjat-ul-Islam Kazem Seddiqi indicated that venue, a covered outdoor pavilion. the government, led by centrist President Official hatred for the United States is Hassan Rouhani and now a partner with the engraved on the pulpit. “We will put America United States after the Iran nuclear deal, had under our feet,” it states in Farsi, “We defeat the some doubts about keeping the prayer meeting United States,” in English. And on Wednesday, going. He noted that Friday prayer is held in McClatchy Foreign Staff

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830 cities all over Iran and that 39,000 people helped organize it.

“I have asked the government to provide the budget for Friday prayers,” he said pointedly.

The chants were predictable, taken straight from the revolutionary playbook: “Hey, USA. Shame on you.”

“Down with the USA. The blood is dripping from your mouth. The source of all criminal and criminals is you.”

And then the inevitable series: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Death to the al Saud family,” a reference to the rulers of Saudi Arabia.

Throughout, the worshippers appeared preoccupied or even bored.

“Society is divided into two parts in Iran,” an Iranian reporter explained, speaking not for attribution because he didn’t want to be identified criticizing official policy. “There are those in power, who control the government, the economy and the media. That generation is 60 or over. Soon they will die. They have tried to raise a younger generation to follow them.

But even their own children don’t want to follow their fathers.”

He said that the entire population pretends to uphold the official dogma.

But “70 million people here wear a mask,” he said, referring to the nation of 80 million. “We are not interested in politics. We care about

our jobs, our family, our living conditions, our well-being.”

But he noted that 36 years after Iran’s Islamic revolution, the younger generation of Iranians do not want a revolution, but gradual change.

“We want reform,” he said.

It’s a sentiment borne out by casual encounters with total strangers, who go out of their way to make an American visitor feel at home.

“We wish President Obama could do something for Iranians,” said Farhad, 50, an official in a government ministry who approached an American visitor while waiting for a trainlike transport to Tehran’s main bazaar.

And what was that? “He should do the same things for us that American leaders do for Americans. More freedom and more social freedom.”

Farhad has his job by virtue of having fought in the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988. But he said of the eight hours in a workday, most people put in a half-hour of work at best.

He expressed hope that the nuclear arms deal with the U.S. and five other world powers would bring an improvement in daily life in Iran, wracked by inflation and a currency devaluation following United Nationsimposed sanctions.

“We are expecting a miracle,” he said. If that doesn’t happen, “I would love to get out of this country as soon as I can.”

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Chorus Festival Concert

The world class violinist, recording artist and Milwaukee Symphony Concertmaster is joined

by OSU Pianist Rachelle McCabe in a concert to commemorate the 300th birthday of his notorious 1715 Lipinski Stradivari violin.

On the program Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano Tartini: Sonata in G minor “Devil’s Trill” Röntgen-Maier: Sonata in B minor Bach: Ciaccona, from the Partita in D

Featuring Jameson Marvin, clinician and conductor and high school guest choirs

TUESDAY • 7:30 PM

NOV. 17

The LaSells Stewart Center 875 SW 26th St., Corvallis

MONDAY

NOV. 9

General Admission: $25 in advance, $28 at the door Seniors, K-12 & non-OSU Students: $20 in advance, $23 at the door

7:00 PM

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The LaSells Stewart Center 875 SW 26th Street Corvallis

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